Title: Heaven Holds The Ones I Love

Disclaimer: CSI does not belong to me. I'm a poor uni student so please don't sue :P

A/N: Yes it has been an awfully long time. I know I've said it before…I'm so sorry with it taking so long with the update. Uni's amazing but very time consuming. Things are slowly starting to clam down. CSI Santa 2006 opened for sign-ups Monday and working on the site and all has put in a a CSI mood...lets hope it stays :)

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As tears clear my eyes I finally realise that happiness is where you are.

Sara, like everyone else at the Las Vegas Crime Lab and Police Department, knew that danger was part of the job. They'd had plenty of proof in the seven years she'd been in Vegas – Nick's stalker, the Lab explosion, her incident in the psych ward, Nicks kidnapping, Brass' shooting and more recently Catherine and Greg's attack. Still the call of 'officer down' gripped her stomach and made her feel sick. The Lab seemed to grind to a halt as everyone waited desperately for the initial news. Everyone thinking the same agonising questions – Who was it? How badly were they hurt? Everyone praying it wasn't the last and most painful thought – Was the officer down for good? Sara looked up as the break room door opened, hoping it was the guys back from the crime scene

"Who was at the scene?" Catherine asked as she hurried into the room.

"Grissom, Greg, Nick, Warrick, Brass and about half of the Las Vegas Police Department, It's the Miller case, massive publicity. All I know is there's an officer down. " Sara stated trying not to let the worry creep into her voice at the lack of new information. " No news on how bad it is. The guy then turned the gun on himself, killed outright."

"How come you're here?" Catherine asked as she sat next to the other female CSI.

"I was waiting for the evidence to turn up for processing." Sara said with a sigh. "How come you're here. I thought you had the night off."

"Judy rang to say there was a call of officer down, can you see me having the night off now? Anyway, I wanted to know what was happening." Both turned as the break room door was pushed open again. "About time. We were starting to worry," Catherine said as the night shift moved into the room. "What happened? Who was the officer down?" Catherine stopped as she caught the sombre faces and lost looks.

"Where's…" Sara started the stopped.

"I'm so sorry Sara." Sad eyes turned to hers.

Sara felt the blood seep from her face before someone's grip on her arm steadied her.

"No. He can't…" Sara's voice failed as she looked at the pale drawn faces of her co-workers, her friends. Numbness crept over her.

"Sara, are you okay?" Someone asked her though she didn't know whom. It didn't matter anyway. Nothing mattered anymore, not now he was gone.